Music & Romance Collection/bd

Two-disc set includes: Madame Sousatzka (1988)From within an old London boardinghouse, eccentric and intractable piano teacher Irina Sousatzka (Shirley MacLaine) offers her services only to those with promise-and she finds a disciple in a gifted Indian teenager (Navin Chowdhry). Can she win the war of wills with her charge-as well as his family and handlers-when he insists he's ready for the concert stage? Offbeat drama co-stars Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Leigh Lawson, Shabana Azmi; John Schlesinger directs. 121 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 Shout (1991)West Texas, 1955: A musician (John Travolta) on the run from the law decides to lay low by taking a teaching job at a school for wayward boys. Pitching the classical curriculum, he reaches the troubled teens through rock 'n' roll, but his shaking of the apple cart might have serious consequences. Finger-popping rouser co-stars James Walters, Richard Jordan, Heather Graham, Linda Fiorentino, and, in her screen debut, Gwyneth Paltrow. 89 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 The Man Who Cried (2000)In '30s Paris, Russian-born refugee Fegele Abramovich (Christina Ricci)-renamed "Suzie"-finds work as a chorus girl and befriends fellow dancer Lola (Cate Blanchett). Suzie's dream of traveling to America to find her long-lost father is put to the test by her growing romance with a handsome Gypsy (Johnny Depp) and the increasing threat of war in this lush, moody drama from director Sally Potter ("Orlando"). John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton also star. 100 min. C/Rtg: R The Caveman's Valentine (2001)Directed by Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou"), this intriguing thriller stars Samuel L. Jackson as Romulus Ledbetter, a schizophrenic recluse who lives in a cave in a New York City park. When a homeless, drug-addicted young model dies mysteriously, Ledbetter thinks he was murdered, and his investigation takes him from his cave and into the New York art world. Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson also star. 106 min. C/Rtg: R Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)This sweeping historical melodrama stars Penélope Cruz as Pelagia, the daughter of a doctor living on a Greek island in 1940. When war breaks out, Pelagia's fisherman fiancé joins the armed forces, and when Italy eventually occupies the island, Italian captain Corelli (Nicolas Cage) boards at the doctor's house and is drawn to the young beauty. John Hurt, Christian Bale, and David Morrissey also star. 129 min. C/Rtg: R Connie And Carla (2008)After accidentally witnessing a mob hit, Chicago-based singers Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) decide to flee to Los Angeles. Posing as drag queen performers in a West Hollywood nightclub, the ladies quickly earn a huge following. But when Connie falls for a fan (David Duchovny), she must choose between blowing her cover and a shot at romance. With Stephen Spinella, Alec Mapa, and a cameo by Debbie Reynolds. 98 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH).